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  • Approaches To CPD – By IET Members

    We recently asked some of our IET members to tell us about their approach to Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Here’s a little taster of what we found out: What motivates you to continuously improve your skills and knowledge? "I think it’s because I apply the constant drive to want to improve things to myself as well, which I think is appropriate as I’d be a hypocrite if I only expected others to change!" Sean Moules CEng FIET "My motivation for CPD comes from a desire to continuously learn and to keep up with modern technology and changes in engineering standards and practice. Every engineer has something new to learn from the outset of his or her careers to retirement." Eur Ing Andrew Dodd CEng FIET "I have never been the sort of person who works simply to earn a wage (although that…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • Successful Negotiations: Seal The Deal That Works For You

    Negotiating is something we do all the time both at work and in personal situations. How confident are you in achieving the outcome you want? My friend Rebecca pulled off a successful negotiation with a market trader recently. Admiring some small bay trees priced at £6 each, she noticed a well groomed larger bay tree for sale at £90. Turning to me she said, within earshot of the sales assistant, “That would be lovely in my garden.” “I can give you a good deal on that bay tree if you’d like?” the sales assistant interjected. Quick off the mark Rebecca replied with “It’s not that bay tree I’m looking for a discount on, can you sell me two of your smaller trees for £8?” Without hesitation, the sales assistant agreed. Do you usually ask for what you want out of a situation? If not, consider this…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • Teddington: Wed. April 2nd Optical surface topography

    19:00 for 19:30 start: Surface topography measuring instruments have resolutions of the order of nanometres, even picometres in some cases but what about accuracy? Hear from an expert, Professor Richard Leach, read more ...

    Robert Heaton
    Robert Heaton

  • New Data Protection App Tested In Switzerland

    Swiss researchers have developed a new Android application that enables securing shared information automatically. The app, said to be the first semi-automated system to filter what information from a smartphone can be transmitted to a third party or made accessible, will undergo an extensive trial during the summer to validate the approach. Developed by Igor Bilogrevic and Kevin Huguenin, both researchers at the Laboratory for Computer Communications and Applications at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), is designed to protect data such as geographical location or current activities that could be exploited by cyber criminals. Read more on the E&T website .

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • UK-designed Airship Preparing For Flight

    Lorne Sharp, IET Transport Editor was fortunate enough to see the unveiling of the Hybrid Air Vehicle 304, which is set to take to the skies of Britain next year. HAV304 is being prepared for flight tests, it has flown once in 2012, when it was part of a US military project to build long-endurance surveillance craft in support of operations in Afghanistan. Further details on the HAV304 and other planned designs can be found here .

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Former IET YWE Award Finalist And Structural Engineer, Roma Agrawal One Of The Faces Of The New M&s Campaign!

    Congratulations Roma! This is a fantastic achievement and we are very pleased for you and the inspiration that you bring to others. For more information... Daily Mail Article

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Ban Bossy

    ''When a little boy asserts himself, he's called a “leader.” Yet when a little girl does the same, she risks being branded “bossy.” Words like bossy send a message: don't raise your hand or speak up. By middle school, girls are less interested in leading than boys—a trend that continues into adulthood. Together we can encourage girls to lead.'' - Ban Bossy For further information...

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Manchester Network - Education Award Winner

    At the 2014 OCR Raspberry Jamboree held at the Manchester Central Conference Centre, Amy Mather (14) was presented with the IET Education Award for the Manchester region for "Inspiring young people to develop STEM and digital skills". The IET Education Award is a new award introduced by The IET in 2013. It is presented regionally by IET local networks to young people (aged 12-19), and rewards them for excellence in taking part in a project or activity within their school or other organisation. (Alan Jones, Manchester's Schools Liaison Officer presenting Amy with her certificate). Amy Mather is a 14 year old school girl from Manchester who is working tirelessly to inspire others into computing and other technology subjects. You only have to search for "Amy Mather" on Google to realise how much…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Manchester Network Annual Dinner

    If you attended the Manchester Network Annual Dinner on 20 March, they'd appreciate your feedback/comments on the event as the committee is keen to take this board in planning the 2015 event. Please post your comments here.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • First Selfie at a Manchester Network Event

    Manchester Network had their first selfie at the Dinner at the Midland Hotel yesterday evening (20th March), courtesy of Michael Masterman, Chairman of the Manchester British Computer Society. Excellent evening at the @TheIET dinner, great network, loads of ideas and inspiration for @bcsmanchester #selfie pic.twitter.com/Skf0hdqRE9 — Michael Masterman (@Mr_Masterman) March 20, 2014

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • New Professional Registration Advisors Trained For The Middle East

    New professional registration advisors trained for the Middle East Last December the IET hosted an event to train 11 international professional registration advisors (IPRAs) to cover the Middle East. Increasing the region’s number of IPRAs by a factor of three, these advisors will be working across countries including Qatar, UAE, Egypt and Oman, allowing for more engineers across the Middle East to gain access to professional registration support. “This project was all about removing the bottlenecks for engineers to become professionally registered,” explains IET Europe, Middle East and Africa Communities Committee (EMEA-CC) chairman Iain Murdoch. “In the EMEA region there was a limited number of advisors who had an increasing workload. This was in addition to their regular day jobs. “In order…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • HTN Community Update 17 March 2014

    Hello once again to all our network members. This month's update serves to draw your attention to an event that we are very excited to be part of: on Tuesday 29th April, we will be hosting an event with the IMechE Biomedical Engineering Association (BmEA) that has been in planning for some time. Engineering the future of Biomedical Engineering by Professor Sir Michael Brady FRS FREng FMedSci Tuesday 29 April 2014 5:30pm for 6pm (followed by a networking reception) One Birdcage Walk Westminster London SW1H 9JJ It is hard to think of someone more committed to the advancement and practical application of engineering within healthcare than this speaker. As a measure of his committment to the field, Mike decided to mark his retirement from the post of Professor of Information Engineering at Oxford…

    Peter Bannister
    Peter Bannister

  • Augmented reality for future seafarers

    Rolls-Royce envisions bridges of ships ten years from now will be packed with augmented reality technology and equipped with smart workstations. The company, working with the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), has introduced a series of innovative designs proposing workstations capable of recognising automatically who has sat in front of them. The bridge-windows, Rolls-Royce proposes, could be turned into augmented reality displays, showing navigation information, weather alerts and routes and locations of other ship in the area. Seafarers, travelling on tugs, cargo ships or platform supply vessels could have such technology at hand by 2025. Read the full article on the E&T Website

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • Embracing Social Media – How Do You Get Your Message Out There?

    With the explosion of Social Media, ever increasing multi-channel marketing and a generation of people who ‘live online’, understanding how to get your message out there effectively is more complex than ever. At the event “How should Engineering and Technology industry embrace Social Media, Marketing and Public Relations?” organised by the IET Multimedia Communications Network in collaboration with the University of Westminster on 11 March 2014, our speakers, Louise Hayter (Immerse Learning), Bryony Thomas (Watertight Marketing) and Barry Flynn (Barry Flynn Communications) shared some industry hot-tips for setting up a social media strategy for businesses. Commenting in the event, Philip Clayson , Chair of the IET Multimedia Communications Network said “As the IET continues its journey…

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • Embracing Social Media – How Do You Get Your Message Out There?

    With the explosion of Social Media, ever increasing multi-channel marketing and a generation of people who ‘live online’, understanding how to get your message out there effectively is more complex than ever. At the event “How should Engineering and Technology industry embrace Social Media, Marketing and Public Relations?” organised by the IET Multimedia Communications Network in collaboration with the University of Westminster on 11 March 2014, our speakers, Louise Hayter (Immerse Learning), Bryony Thomas (Watertight Marketing) and Barry Flynn (Barry Flynn Communications) shared some industry hot-tips for setting up a social media strategy for businesses. Commenting in the event, Philip Clayson , Chair of the IET Multimedia Communications Network said “As the IET continues its journey to be…

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • Tweets from MMC Social Media Event via Storify

    [ View the story "Tweets from IET MMC Social Media event" on Storify ]

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Tweets from MMC Social Media Event via Storify

    [ View the story "Tweets from IET MMC Social Media event" on Storify ]

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Freight Lecture - Huddersfield

    The West Yorkshire Network volunteers have organised a presentation on "Smaller Freight Wagon Wheels - a stressful experience" up in Huddersfield on 18 March 2014, which may be of interest to you. Its being given by Julian Stow, Assistant Director of the University of Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research. Further information can be found here .

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • IET Kent Volunteer Committee 2013/14 Session

    The IET Kent Network organises a programme of activities in and around Kent for all engineers and members of the public. All of these activities are made possible by the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. If you would like to know more about our committee, or would like to volunteer to help us, please get in touch with any of the volunteers listed below: Committee members 2013 - 2014 Guy Bertrand Chairman Brian Dury Vice Chairman / Schools Liaison Officer David Thorpe Secretary Denis Hooker Treasurer/Programme Events Co-ordinator Bob Martin-Royle Retired Members Ruiheng Wu University of Greenwich Nathan Gomes University of Kent John Ennew Young Professionals Safety In Action, Digibury Mark Bryant Student Representative, University of Kent John Tasker Member Nitin Patel Member Michel…

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • Your Community needs you!

    OK, so you joined the IET and you receive E&T every month and you read a bit about what the IET is doing via the press or social media. Wouldn't you like to be more involved, even influence your profession? It needn't take up too much of your time and you'll find it fantastically rewarding for yourself and your career. We're looking for keen people to join the North Yorkshire Local Network committee of the IET; we're the ones that arrange the events, post on social networks (follow us on @IET_Yorkshire on Twitter), keep the web site alive and influence IET strategy through our involvement with your institution. We're doing really interesting things this year - like creating web-only events for You Tube and the North Yorkshire Community web site - and we'd like you to help us continue our mission…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Autumn 2013 event reviews

    AUTUMN 2013 A lecture on "Military R & D: Is it helping or hindering our security?" was presented by Dr Stuart Parkinson in October in the University of York. The lecture was an informative, thought-provoking and challenging presentation whcih questioned why the UK should spend so much resources on destructive weapons while the expertise and ingenuity of the engineering communicty could be much better focussed on conflict avoidance. Many questions and discussion followed from a receptive audience. The lecture can be viewed on IET TV at http://tv.theiet.org/technology/communications/17919.cfm Dr Iain Mosely presented a lecture in November covering various aspects of "Smart Home" and "Smart Grid" technologies including proposals for domestic DC distribution systems and intelligent power converters…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • College of North West London Skills Show

    The local London IET will have a table at the College of North West London's Skills Show (formerly known as Industry Day). This is on 26th March, 09:00 - 15:00. If anyone would like to attend or help please let David ( dtandy@iee.org ) know. The location details can be found here .

    Robert Heaton
    Robert Heaton

  • Caithness International Science Festival 2014

    The Caithness International Science Festival is a festival of education, enlightenment and entertainment, where all Caithness youngsters are given the opportunity to experience science in work shops, shows and much more. The Festival has been organized every spring since 2003. Science Festival 18th to 22nd March 2014 This year marks the 12th Science Festival and as well as involving all the schools in Caithness, it will also include an expanded programme of public activities and workshops. The 2014 Festival will include performances and workshops including: Dynamic Earth "Scotland's Time Lords" Generation Science's "Ella's Wobble" and "Power from the People" TechFest Aberdeen's "Investigating Ink" and "Plant Munch" Sphere Science "Band Rollers" and "Carousel/Circus" Glasgow Science Centre's…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Here Is How We Celebrated International Women's Day 8th March 2014

    Here is a snap shot of all of the activity that the IET Women's Network has produced in the run up to International Women's Day! Webinars To celebrate International Women's Day the IET Women's Network has produced a series of four webinars, in the lead up to the day, enabling you to plug in at any time from your desk or from the comfort of your own home! The topics covered: Understanding Unconscious Bias Stereotype Threat The Art of Ethical Persuasion - Asking for a Payrise Stand Up! Be Assertive! Confidence Buoilding for Professionals Event In addition to the series of webinars that we produced, we also held an event in London to mark the day! The event covered Understanding Unconscious bias - ''People who are viewed through a stereotypical lens often adapt their behaviour to the stereotype…

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